"Check this guy out," a friend wrote me in an email last year. "This white guy sounds exactly like Ghostface Killah." In the beginning, this is how I imagine most people came to know Action Bronson: not through his talent as a rapper, but because the voice of this Queens native is a dead ringer for that of the legendary Wu-Tang member. In that way, the internet was a perfect venue to spread Bronson’s music, but where other emcees with…

In 2010, four friends began to play music together on the unfinished 11th floor of Winnipeg’s Commodities and Exchange building. It was there that guitarist/vocalist Matt Worobec, keyboardist Zack Antel, bassist Jason Pankratz and drummer Luke Janzen began writing and practicing songs that would end up on their debut self-titled EP, Lost Weekend. With Grammy nominated producer Zach Heiligman (Foster The People) at the helm, the Canadian quartet’s first offering of songs encompasses elements of New Wave and ‘90s alt…

  In recent years, Coachella has dedicated at least one headlining spot to a hip-hop act. In 2010 it was Beastie Boys, 2011 Kanye West, last year Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre, and this year the reunion of the Wu-Tang Clan. But despite the lure and appeal of hip-hop heavyweights, the genre’s general presence has been less than impressive in years past. And though this year’s desert lineup is still heavily saturated with indie, alternative, and EDM acts (other headliners…

This band is called Bad Cop, from Nashville, Tennessee, and at the center of it are the things that make all great rock bands the way they are: tight musicianship, remarkable songwriting, and above all, the ability to pull together a performance that makes you believe whatever frontman Adam Moult tells you. The songs on Bad Cop’s forthcoming EP play as instantly memorable, catchy pop melodies – because, after all, they are, whether creaking across the wooden barroom floor or barreling full-speed towards the reckless…